wild frontier
Frequency: 5.55.0 per million words
An untamed, remote, and undeveloped border region.
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- Pioneers carved settlements out of the wild frontier.
- Life on the wild frontier was harsh, improvised, and often lawless.
- The documentary portrays America’s wild frontier with gritty realism.
- New settlers hoped to tame the wild frontier without losing its spirit.
- She grew up on a ranch at the edge of the wild frontier.
- What does it take to survive on the wild frontier in winter?
- Without the railroad, the wild frontier might have remained isolated for decades.
- Scientists now speak of the deep ocean as a wild frontier for discovery.
- The novel refuses to romanticize the wild frontier and its violence.
- From dusty trail towns to the wild frontier, legends were born.